Moistuee-sufplyibtg- device eob cabbubeteb air-supply



G. H. BROWNWSL W; A. JONES.

I MOISTURE SUP FLYING DEVlCE FOR 'CARBURETER AIR SUPPL Y.

' APPLICATION rum MAR. sums.

1;195.9'0 5. PatentedAug. 22,1915.

, Witnesss AHm-neys' To all whom it may concern:

GEORGE H. BROWN AND wrttIAM A. JONES, or-nnin' MOUNT, .enonGrA.

Gno.

Be it known that We,

of Gordon, State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Moisture Supplying 'Device for Carbureter Air-Supplfi 'of which respective termlnal of the tube 4. The tube" H the end of the pipe and is provided with a longitudinalseries of the following is a specification.

A .The present invention appertainsftomoisture supplying devices, and has for its object the provision of simple and inexpensive yet practical and plying moisture to the air supplied-to the 'carbureter of an automobile, stationary or other hydrocarbon engine, wherebyto re-. 'duce the formation and-depositjoi: carbon. in .the cylinders, and'to lessen thelpropon *tional amount of fuel necessary.

With the foregoing andother objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,- the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction'hereinaiter dethe present'denice can scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in .the precise embodiment oi? the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of-what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accorn-- panying drawing, wherein: v

Figure l is an'elevation illustrat ng the invention applied to the carburetor and" raken away. Fig. nal section, portions being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3+3 of Fig. 2. I

In the. drawing, there is illustrated the carburetor 1 and radiator 2 of anautomo bile, although it is to be understood that be used with various portableand stationary engines of the internal combustion type.

In carrying out the invention, reterl if not already supplied with one, is providedwithan air suction extension or pipe 3 through which the air is sucked to theg'ca tbureter, and a suitable metallic tube has one terminalflextending through the Wall of the pipe or. conduit 3, and has ts other terminal extended through the radia-v tor 2. adjacentthe-upper portion thereof. A chamois or other equivalent wick 5 extends through the tube fi from the interiorof the E H- BROWN and WILLIAMAQ J ones, citizens of the. United States, residing at Fair Mount', n the county 6'. proiects toward efficient means for..-sup-.

tube-6 when. desired. v As a means of holding the wick in any ad justed position,

'ment used for rotating In operation, water will be .raisedby the.

below thewater level, an

portions-being bros the wickyinto the tube.

2. is an enlarged longitudiev .air, which. the operat'on of the. engine. -f The engine Will less fuel,.and theformationand deposit of carbon in thecyl'-;= the carbuvinders is reduced to a minimum. The Water in the upper portion-of the radiator 2' is the hottest, so that the water supplied 'to the Water.

.Disposedwithin the pipe 3 axially or concentrically thereof is a tube6 having one end rrnn STATES; ra rnntr osrioni i Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A1lg. 1916. Application fil'edMarch 31,-19l6. Serial No. 88,120.

V one terminal ofithe wick de-- 'pendsiw thinthe radiator 2 to dip:.in.the.

bentiangularly", 'as at 7, and fitted upon the areas, The wick"5 extendsfi'om the tubeA j through thetube hand the=-bulges-8 thereof,

from the .end of the. out farther from the.

and can. he --grasped pipe 3:130 pull the wick a" set screw 10 is threaded through the tube... 6'fadjacent the end 7 therehf, to" contact ,with the Will where it turnsef rom, the tubeftinto the tube 6, and

said set screw 10 is preferably housed Within a sleeve 11 extending-from the tube 6 toone side-wall of the pipe 3 and adaptedforthe reception of a screw: driveror Qthenin plethescre'wi :5 l

wick by capillary attraction, assistedbythe si-phonic action due to the fact thatthe wick dips within the Water y then extends downwardly upon the outside'ofthef radiator v the-moisture is thus conducted along 6 within'pthe pipe '3, and will be supplied to the-air whichrushes or flows through the pipei3 to the carbureter: Air can through the apertures 9 of the bulges 8, thus materially mcreasing the'moistening 0 run smoother, requiring is highly. desirable to facilitate j .95

wick 5 will be warm whereby Warm moisinvention,

said carbureter having an air supply pipe,

of a tube having, its opposite terminals extending into the radiator and said pipe, and a wick extending through said tube from within the radiator to a point within said pipe for supplying moisture to the air flowmg through said pipe to the carbureter.

In a device of the character described,

the combination wlth an air supply pipe, of

a carbureter, a tube extending within sald pipe, and a moisture supplying wick extending through said tube, said tube having an apertured portion for the circulation of air therethrough adjacent the wick.

3. In a device of the character described, the con'ibination with the air supply pipe of a carburetor, of a .tube extending wlthin said pipe, and a moisture supplying wick extending through said tube, said tube hava ing an apertured bulged portion for the circulation. of air thorethroughi 4. In a device of the character described, the combination with the air supply pipe of a carburetor, of a tube extending axially Within said pipe, and a moisture supplying wick extending through said tube, said tube having a longitudinal series of annular clamping the wick, and a sleeve extendingfrom the second mentioned tube to one wall of said pipe and housing said screw.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aiiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. BROWN. WILLIAM "JONES.

Witnesses AUDREY VINCENT, H; D. COWART. 

